Research Guides: Introduction to Archival Research: Finding Aids

Rare and Distinctive Collections

Classroom: Norlin N345

Reading Room: Norlin M350B

Watch the video or choose from the tabs below to learn more about Finding Aids for archival collections.

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What is a Finding Aid?

Front Matter

CU Boulder ArchivesSpace
This platform holds finding aids for archival collections at CU Boulder Libraries. See the "CU Boulder Archives" tab in this guide for more on navigating the ArchivesSpace site.
Archival Catalogues
This guide from King's College Cambridge gives further explanation of archival descriptive records and how to search. The guide uses the British term "catalogue" for its collection Finding Aids.